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One killed, 10 injured in clash outside US consulate in Karachi
Monday September 17, 2012 08:11:09 AM,
IANS
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Islamabad: At least
one person was killed and 10 others injured in clashes between
police and protesters outside the US consulate in Pakistan's port
city of Karachi Sunday evening, said organisers of the protest
against the controversial film allegedly insulting Islam.
The clashes broke out as police tried to disperse thousands of
people marching towards the US consulate in protest against the
recently US-made anti-Islam film, said Allama Nasir Abbas Jafri,
spokesman of Majlis Wahdat ul Muslimeen, a local religious
organization which organized the protest, reported Xinhua.
The peaceful protest turned out violent as police tried to stop
the protesters from marching towards the US consulate on the
Maulvi Tameezuddin Khan Road of the city.
Police fired at the protesters with tear gas, water cannons and
guns as they were retreating towards the consulate, said
eyewitnesses.
Protesters fought back by pelting stones at police, and dozens
managed to break up the barriers set up by police and reached the
consulate.
They set a police check post in front of the consulate on fire.
Some of the protesters climbed over the walls of the consulate and
dragged down the US flag over one of the gates of the consulate
and hoisted their own flag.
A Large contingent of paramilitary Rangers force was later called
in to back up the police outside the consulate.
At least 13 protesters were arrested outside the consulate.
Protesters agreed to leave the consulate after negotiations with
the police.
Organizers of the protest decided to launch a sit-in in protest
against the police firing at the protesters somewhere else from
the consulate.
During the clashes, at least three motorbikes were torched and six
police vehicles were damaged, said local media.
Following the violent protest outside the US consulate in Karachi,
the government has order to deploy Rangers at all the sensitive
areas in the city, including five-star hotels, schools and
government buildings.
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